Glenda Bailey-Mershon

I come from the mountains, from a textile mill-working family. My mother and her mother could weave a knot that was barely visible, but which held under great stress. I've tried to apply their skill with threads to words. Here is my wider world view. Thanks be to all the ancestors who brought me here.

Romani Folio

Thanks to “Drunken Boat” and editor T.M. De Vos, the Romani Folio is published online! I am truly honored to be in this issue alongside Jessica Reidy, Allison Williams, Qristina Zavačková Cummings, and so many other wonderful writers. And those stunning skirts by chirikli collective’s Hedina Tahirović-Sijerčić and Lynn Hutchinson Lee! To my knowledge, this is the only literary collection of Romani-American writers–something I hope will be remedied by other lit mags and perhaps a press or two–and I am going to sit down now and savor it. Please join me!